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Delaware senator Tom Carper, a Democrat who has admitted to hitting his ex-wife hard enough to give her a black eye, will not be commenting on the scandal surrounding spousal abuse by now-resigned White House official Rob Porter.
The accusations from Porter's two ex-wives of domestic abuse, which were bolstered by a photograph of one of them with a black eye she says was caused by Porter, was the top political story this week in Washington, D.C. Carper, however, has been silent."We do not have a comment on Porter," said a Carper spokesperson.
The Delaware Democrat first faced accusations of domestic abuse back in 1982 during his first run for Congress, but he called the accusation "without basis in fact" and prevailed in the election.

In a 1998 interview reported on late last year by the Washington Free Beacon, however, Carper admitted it was true all along."Did I slap my wife 20 years ago? Yes," Carper told Delaware reporter Celia Cohen. "Do I regret it? Yes. Would I do it again? No."The story Carper initially called "totally false" was based on a 1981 court deposition that included Carper admitting to giving his now-deceased first wife "some discoloration of her left eye and some puffiness.""I slapped Diane one time," Carper said in the deposition. "It was a stupid thing to do and I … regret it now. It caused some discoloration of her left eye and some puffiness."
Carper's office responded to a request for comment on the allegations against Porter by sending the statement he gave to the New York Times in December following the Washington Free Beacon‘s initial report on Carper's abuse, but said it would not comment on Porter.
In the statement, Carper again admitted he hit his first wife Diane, who he divorced shortly after the 1982 election."I have made many mistakes in my life and have always been willing to admit them," Carper said in the statement. "One of those mistakes took place 37 years ago when I slapped my then-wife, Diane, during a heated argument. It was wrong. I regretted it then and I still do today."

Re: President Trump

I knew you would agree, but I have no idea if Trump has been unfaithful since taking office. Since you do, perhaps you'd like to describe the encounter.

Or was this just you being tribal again?

The Stormy allegations arose from well before the campaign. Are you saying that he is a different person now? I don’t know what he has been doing in his personal life but he seems to be the same person in all that he does. Has no honor. Just uses anyone and everyone for his own ends.

Re: President Trump

Originally Posted by Guisslapp

The Stormy allegations arose from well before the campaign. Are you saying that he is a different person now? I don’t know what he has been doing in his personal life but he seems to be the same person in all that he does. Has no honor. Just uses anyone and everyone for his own ends.

Lol. Gee, that sounded like an objective analysis. You are blinded by hate.